conclusions relative high number of avoidable deaths indicates that performance of health system was not desirable in kerman during the studied years. examining trend of avoidable deaths showed that these mortalities are increasing although it is not significant nowadays. however, if this trend continues, it will be very alarming for health care authorities in this region. results two thousand ...

during a period of five years (1971-75) 29 maternal deaths occurred in 15794 deliveries at the amin maternity hospital in isfahan (18.36 per 10.000). death was considered to be due to direct obstetrical cause in 18 cases (62.0%), indirect obstetrical cause, in 8 cases (27.5%), add no related cause in 3 cases (10.3%). in 14 cases of 29 the maternal death was considered avoidable. especially amon...

conclusions high temperatures and low humidity increased the risk of trauma deaths in our study. however, more studies are needed to document this. results the findings of this study showed that the overall mortality caused by trauma is higher in the warm season. the highest correlation between mortality and temperature was seen in ages over 60 years (r = 0.301, p = 0.020) in trauma deaths and ...

background : there is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. the purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by smoking in iran in 2012. methods : number of major cancer deaths due to smoking by sex and age groups in 2012 was obtained from globcan database. the life expectan...

Current methods for estimating maternal mortality lack precision, and are not suitable for monitoring progress in the short run. In addition, national maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) alone do not provide useful information on where the greatest burden of mortality is located, who is concerned, what are the causes, and more importantly what sub-national variations occur. This paper discusses a ...

background : the problem of maternal deaths cannot be solved without having accurate information about the number and causes of these deaths. the aim of this study was to determine the exact cause of maternal deaths during childbirth in isfahan, iran in 2006_2011. this was made by determining the direct and indirect causes of maternal deaths, autopsy reports and prenatal care. methods : in a de...

cancer starts with a change in one single cell. this change may be initiated by external agents and genetic factors. cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. in this review, different aspects of gastric cancer; including clinical, path...

Averting deaths may either increase or reduce life disparity, as measured by e†. The sign of the effect depends on the age at which the deaths are averted. We show that there may, depending on the entropy of the life table, be an age such that averting deaths before that age reduces disparity, but averting deaths after that age increases disparity. We say that this age separates “early” from “l...

At least a quarter of the babies dying as unexpected home 'cot deaths' do so from recognizable diseases. A study of the background of such children, compared with age and admission controls, suggests that the disease symptomatology in this group of children differs in no way from children who are successfully treated. The factors leading to the death of these children appear to lie in the gener...

| On the basis of current consumption patterns, approximately 450 million adults will be killed by smoking between 2000 and 2050. At least half of these adults will die between 30 and 69 years of age, losing decades of productive life. Cancer and the total deaths due to smoking have fallen sharply in men in high-income countries but will rise globally unless current smokers, most of whom live i...